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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “petnapping” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

27 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
petnapping144230(None) 
petnaping1444541petna_ping
catnapping1742532catnapping
petnapings1542042petna_pings
becapping1834243be_capping
bewrapping2042493bewrapping
dognapping1741683dognapping
entrapping1544873entrapping
kidnapping2041493kidnapping
knapping17314973__knapping
napping123514183___napping
penancing1436343pe_nancing
pepping113511623pe___pping
petnapped1342383petnapp_ed
petnapper1242453petnapp_er
petnappers1342433petnappers
pretaping1439133pret_a_ping
prewrapping1842393prewrapping
recapping1636453re_capping
remapping1635023re_mapping
retaping113012553ret_a_ping
rewrapping1843343rewrapping
snapping13349653__snapping
strapping1436993_strapping
tapping123317133__t_apping
trapping132911393__trapping
unsnapping1542933unsnapping

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603276.62621219.9
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691277.03225411.1
 
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